The Secure File Downloads feature is the ability for a sender to send a link or document via SMS or Chat. The link specified is not accessible to anybody other than the intended recipient or recipients.

This feature allows users to send files of up to 50MB in size securely, with the attachments available to users for up to 6 months. Attachments can be sent to single recipients or to a group of recipients, with the added benefit that Messenger caters for multiple formats of these attachments.

Bill Cheney, Head of Channels and Enterprise for Bulletin has strong opinions about marketing automation. At a recent training workshop for Channel Partners he was quoted as saying: “One of the strongest growth areas for A2P messaging within our channels has been marketing automation utilising SMS. In order to remain relevant and make Channel partners’ offerings more compelling to New Zealand and global organisations, Bulletin continues to enhance the services Channel Partners sell. Channel partners can offer their customers a true omni-channel communication experience harnessing the power of SMS, growth in [...]

SMS gains more traction from customers than other digital marketing mediums

Lack of personal messaging and more of business messaging a reason for higher conversion

More chance of targeting and finding out who opened the SMS

Do you wonder why you are being bombarded by text messages (SMS) by restaurants, shops, retailers, et al, every day? One word – ROI.

Bulletin’s Head of Channels and Enterprise, Bill Cheney, commented: “Companies that want to assess the benefit of this trend for their industry or particular service, should contact Bulletin to discuss the statistics and returns relevant to their [...]

Skype Lite app introduced a new feature which allows you to send text messages via SMS to friends

Facebook Messenger is lending support for the traditional text messaging service SMS

Sarahah has risen in popularity as is trending at No.4 in Apple’s App Store

Bulletin’s Managing Director Bruce Herbert commented: “We are seeing the divide between companies using corporate SMS to their benefit, and those who are not. The difference in customer and staff engagement are significantly in favour of A2P message users.”

Recently one of our healthcare customers trialed an SMS reminder service to resolve a particular issue for them. They struggled with the number of patients who failed to attend appointments or did not bother to cancel appointments, resulting in more costs and lost revenues than they realised.

Bill Cheney (Head of Channels and Enterprise for Bulletin) commented on the Business Case: “Large and small/medium customers are increasingly measuring the value of Corporate SMS not by the cost of the service but by the topline and bottomline contributions to their business.”

15 years ago Bulletin brought mobile handsets into the internet age when we invented and patented the ability to forward email to your phone and reply to it – the reply being what made this a convenient method of not just checking your email on the road (this was before feature-phones, let alone smartphones) but doing business.

Fast forward to 2016, and our Email2SMS service continues to be a large part of our business. Even though phones have changed dramatically over this time, email2sms continues to be an incredibly useful technology for many business scenarios.

Simplicity

Likely your users are familiar with email, and just as likely they’re already in the [...]

Introduction

ResourceWare International Ltd assists companies to gain and retain competitive advantage through the ResMan® Application suite of activity tracking software.
The ResMan® software is a single product with standard configuration files for a number of vertical markets including Recruitment & HR, Community Services, Professional Services, Health & Safety, Training and Case Management providers. These files are then uniquely fine-tuned for each customer, and all set-ups support SMS integration.
The modular end-to-end software is enterprise scalable and user-configurable, empowering customers with the business tools to define, organise and track their own unique workflows and business processes.

Problem

In the highly competitive recruitment market, speed is of the essence among competing agencies [...]

A managed mobility strategy is critical to the growth and survival of modern businesses. Trends toward mobility are popping up at every turn including an increased mobile workforce and bring your own device (BYOD) proliferation. The proper mobility strategy will not only give you a modern edge, but also provide numerous benefits such as increased productivity, flexible growth, increased bottom line and more. Learn more about why your business needs a managed mobile strategy in this article from Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/centurylink/2015/07/01/9-reasons-every-business-needs-a-managed-mobility-strategy/

With enterprise mobility growing at staggering rates, the number of mobile workers is consistently increasing. A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts steady growth over the next five years, bringing the number of mobile employees from 96.2 million in 2015 to 105.4 in 2020 thanks to the latest in technological advancements. According to research analyst Bryan Basset, mobility is now synonymous with productivity. We couldn’t agree more. http://workplaceinsight.net/us-mobile-workers-will-surpass-105-million-by-2020/